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    $\begingroup$ There is no difference between the central body and the satellite in the Kepler problem. They both orbit around their common center of mass and angular momentum transfer is transfer from orbital angular momentum to rotational angular momentum and vice versa. There are no perfectly elastic bodies and planets and moons are certainly nowhere close to being perfectly elastic. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 24, 2016 at 6:30